Definition of telehealth in US English:
telehealth
nounˈteləˌhelTHˈtɛləˌhɛlθ
The provision of healthcare remotely by means of telecommunications technology.
she is keen to expand telehealth in a country where much of the population lives in rural and island locations
as modifier telehealth services are expanding
Example sentencesExamples
- After the photographs were taken, the digital images were uploaded on a laptop computer in the telehealth room.
- This book is best suited to an advanced nurse practitioner who wants to implement telehealth in a rural community.
- Telehealth now offers 24/7 access to health information provided by registered nurses.
- Improved access to telehealth services at the Regional Hospital means she and the kids don't have to travel south for most medical appointments.
- He delivered the feature address during the media launch of the University of the West Indies' telehealth programme.
- Telecommunications or telehealth services may also be a creative method to reach individuals who live in remote rural areas.
- This project evaluated the effectiveness of telehealth to improve and expand the services available to three remote and isolated communities.
- Broadband connectivity to the home should not be the common denominator in delivering telehealth.
- Five out of six treatments were completed by means of telehealth.
- We used commercially available, off-the-shelf equipment to conduct biofeedback through the use of telehealth treatment.